[Elecraft] K3: Date and Time Problem

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

I've not seen that myself, Gerry. Since you know it's not shorted, suggest
you:

1)  Check power at the holder terminals and not just across the battery? If
you have the KRX3, it's not too hard to accidentally slip the battery shield
in between the battery and the contact, effectively disconnecting the
battery from the rig.  

2) Is the battery in the right way around (polarity correct)? 

Ron AC7AC

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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of W1GD at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 7:53 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] K3: Date and Time Problem

My K3 (1428) has had a problem maintaining date  and time information when 
the power is off. Since I didn't buy my K3 to be a  $3000 clock/calendar,
this 
is not a big problem but a minor annoyance.   When I turn the power off and 
turn it back on the date normally goes to  "12.19.01" (US Format) and the
Time to 
"15:11:22" although the last four digits  are normally different. The
battery 
is not shorted and seems to be able to  retain VFO memories and other
setting 
just fine.I just installed the  sub-receiver, but this problem was there 
since I first built the K3 in August  2008.  I haven't seen any threads of a

similar problem so any suggestions  would be appreciated.

Tnx,

Gerry, W1GD  

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